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Boeing’s Starliner started making a repeating ‘pulsing’ sound yesterday (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't they need different space suits to board the Dragon capsule though? I thought I read something the other day saying they'd need to wait for Dragon-compatible suits to be brought up to them for that to be an option.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

The suits aren't technically needed for reentry, since the capsule isn't supposed to be depressurized at any point during the trip. It's just another layer of "if something goes wrong." So if it's a choice of taking that risk or staying on an exploding ISS you go with the risk. I expect that even if the suit can't be connected to Dragon's umbilicals it could still be sealed for at least a few minutes of air during the riskiest bits of the trip.

As with most safety procedures, it's written in blood.